30 LAWS OF MARYLAND.. [Ch. 3]

CHAPTER 3.

AN ACT supplemental to Chapter 607 of the Act of the Gen-
eral Assembly of Maryland of 1908, entitled An Act to
authorize and empower the Mayor and City Council of
Laurel to establish, construct and' maintain a sewerage sys-
tem for the Town of Laurel, Prince George's county, and
extend the water system in said town, and to issue and sell
its bonds to the amount of not exceeding $35,000.00; and
to issue bonds in the sum not exceeding $15,000,00 for elec-
tric light purposes, and approved on the 6th day of April,
1908.

WHEREAS, doubts have been suggested as to whether the Mayor
and City Council of Laurel shall or can submit to a vote of
the qualified voters of Laurel the question of sewerage under
said act, and it is intended hereby to remove any doubt as to
the construction thereof.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That it shall be the duty of the Mayor and City
Council of Laurel, within thirty days after the passage of this
act, to submit to the vote of the legally qualified voters of said
town, under the provisions of the said Act of 1908, Chapter
607, the question of whether or not the said town shall issue
bonds to the amount of not exceeding $35,000.00 to establish,
construct and maintain a sewer and drainage system for said
town and extend the water system as set forth in the said Act
of 1908, Chapter 607.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That should the vote be against
such bond issue, at the election called under the provisions of
section 1 of this act, then it shall be the duty of the Mayor and
City Council of Laurel to call a special election upon the said
question, whenever and so often as it shall be petitioned so to
do by at least one hundred qualified voters of said town, under
the provisions of the said Act of 1908, Chapter 607; provided,
however, that after the submission of the said question to a vote
under the provisions of this section, another or other elections
submitting the questions of whether or not bonds shall be issued
for said purposes, shall not be called or held within six months
from the last election on said question.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved February 13th, 1912.